Roofing and wall tile



Feb. 10. 19251 1,526,187

N. STAUBER ROOFING AND WALII- TILE Filed Feb. 1, 1924 Q Hum INVENTOR l M Staubbr jfifl ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES NICK S'IAUBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ROOFING AND WALL TILE.

Application filed February 1, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nron SrAUsnR, a citizen of Rumania, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roofing and Wall Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide a tile suitable for roofing and walls in which no nails or other fastening means are required.

Another object is to provide a roofing and wall tile consisting essentially of a tile member having a suspension lug and a guard lug, the latter locking the adjacent tiles in their position secure from sidewise displacement.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevational view of a section of assembled tiling as applied to a wall.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view of Figure 1, taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 isa perspective view of a single tile.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of an edge tile, a portion thereof being broken away to disclose the construction and locations of the lugs.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the upper or top surface of a substantially square tile. This tile is preferably composed of burnt clay. One of the corners of the tile has a relatively small flattened face 11 and the corner opposite to this flattened face has a sharp nose 12. The edges 13 which extend angularly from the flattened face terminate in angular end portions 1 1. The outlines of these end portions are parallel to the major axis of the tile which passes thru the nose 12 and the center of the face 11. The nortions 13 are recessed thru the lower half of their length, the recesses being indicated by the numeral 15. A- substantially rectangular lug 16 integral with the tile, rises vertically therefrom near the corner 11, and the long sides 17 of this lug are slightly less in length than the length of the recessed portions 15. The recessed portions 15 are cut to a depth slightly greater than half the width of the lug 16. On the o posite or ottom face 18 of the tile near the Serial No. 689,842.

nor 11, a suspension lug 19 projects from the face. The rear wall 20 of the lower lug 19 is of such dimension as to align with the wall 21 of the upper lug 16 as is indicated in the crossseotional portion of Figure 4. The tile used in finishing up a wall or a roof section is illustrated in Figure 4. The lower half, including the parts 15 and 12, is removed, and when these triangular tiles are applied to a tile facing, the lower edges 22 of the tiles align witheach other and present a continuous edge. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the method used in applying the described tile in position on a wall. Preliminary to mounting the tiles, longitudinal strips 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, are mounted longitudinally on an exterior face of wall, the mounting means being nails '29 or similar means. These strips are mounted one above the other in the manner shown in Figure 2 and are spaced apart a distance equivalent to the distance between portion 20 and edge 22. The lower strip 28 is of slightly greater height than the remaining strips above it in order to give a slant to the first layer of tiles. After the strips have been applied to a wall, the edge tiles 30. constituting the first layer, are suspended from the strip 27, this strip being next above the lowermost strip 28. The tiles are suspended one adjacent the other so that the surfaces 14 lie in contact with each other. After the lower layer of tiles 30 has been suspended from the strip 27 the next higher layer of tiles is constructed. This neXt higher layer of tiles is of such dimensions that the recessed portions 15 lit snugly between the lugs 16 of the adjacent tile members 30, this tile being indicated by the numeral 10 The latter is suspended from the strip 26. After an entire row of tiles is suspended from the strip 26, additional tiles suspended from the strip 25 are mounted over the layer of tiles 10 these tiles being indicated by the numerals 10 and 10 It will be noted that the tile 10 is suspended from the next higher strip 24: and the tile 10 above the tile 10 is suspended from the strip 23. The outline edges 13' of the individual tiles are lapped by the lower angular edges of the tile previously laid. Thus it is obvious that the entire surface is protected by the tiling as laid. Another feature is that the nose 12 of one row of tiling lies above and in contact with the upper surface of the lug 16, thus serving to retain the tile upon which it, rests in place on its strip. The lugs 16 are housed in the recessed portions 15 of adjacent inclividual tiles and prevent lateral shifting of the row of tiles immediately above the lugs.

I claim 1. A tile of burnt clay having a substantially square outline, a sharp nose at the lowermost corner of the tile, a blunt face at the upper corner, the opposing horizontal extremities having inclined edge surfaces, a lug projecting from the bottom surface ofthe tile at the upper corner, the diagonal of the: square of the tiles being perpendicular to the strips, a similar lug projecting from the upper surface near the upper corner and recesses at the horizontal extremities of the tile adapted to receive the lugs at the upper surface of a lower row of tiles to prevent l'ate 'al displacement of the tiles.

A, tile of burnt cla having a substantiall} square outline, the diagonal of the tile adapted to be mounted in vertical positioin a sharp nose at the lowermost corner of the tile, a blunt face at the upper corner, the opposing horizontal extremities havinginclined edge surfaces, a lug projecting from the bottom face of the tile at the upper cor nor, the width of said lug being equal to the length of the end of .the tile, an additional similar lug projecting from the upper surface aligned l on the bottom surface and di- NICK bTAUBEE.

blunt face at the upper 

